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From: Foke on 12 Mar 2010 14:14
On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:02:02 -0800, "Wile E. Coyote" <coyote(a)ACME.invalid>
wrote:


>Not true. I have an X-Fi and have used it with both Nvidia cards and ATI
>with no such issue. How easy using HDMI sound depends on which OS you
>are using. On Vista and Win7 it is very easy to set the ATI HDMI for
>sound, you just right click the speaker icon in the system tray, selct
>playback devices and then select 'ATI HDMI Output' and then click on
>'set default' and sound will now be directed to the ATI HDMI cable to
>your HDTV. I have 4 different sound devices that I can all select by
>just doing what I described. Onboard analog sound, onboard SPDIF sound,
>passthrough SPDIF to receiver SPDIF, and ATI HDMI sound. I use mb sound
>now because drivers are way more elegant than the bloated X-Fi drivers
>and it sounds just as good but selection would be the same for you with
>X-Fi installed. If you have XP though I imagine the selecting of
>different sound sources is a bit more complicated and less elegant.

LOL. Works basically the same in XP. "Elegant"... heh.
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